Fantasy Fest

(How Nadene Grossman Orr should dress for Fantasy Fest) Key West is a party town with one helluva party planner. Nadene Grossman Orr has become the ultimate superhero organizing Key West festivals and events, and for the first time taking on the biggie, Fantasy Fest. The 2017-2018 season will be monumental for Orr, starting with […]

The 35th annual Children’s Day ends the 10-day Fantasy Fest activities with something for the kids, and also raising money for local children’s organizations. Filled with bounce houses, rides, snacks and more, every penny raised at Children’s Day goes to the organizations.

Fantasy Fest royalty talks about surviving the disease While hanging out with a new boyfriend one evening five years ago, Mary-Lynne Price, 2014 Fantasy Fest Queen, got a “what’s that?” from him about a hard lump on her breast. With a long line of cancer running in her family, she immediately knew what it was. […]

Rain couldn’t put a damper on the 2014 Headdress Ball, the premiere gay event of Fantasy Fest. Giant exotic birds, real life dogs and an array of glittery, feathery creatures congregated at the Southernmost Hotel to raise funds for the Key West Business Guild and celebrate the newly elected King and Queen of Fantasy Fest. […]

Bill Murphy came to Key West in 2002 and opened his adult-themed store Fairvilla Megastore at 520 Front St. Murphy also has stores in Orlando and Cape Canaveral and had looked for a location in Key West for a couple of years. Once in Key West, Murphy got involved in the island’s yearly Fantasy Fest […]